Lady Dogs Castillo, Wheeler, Davis are honored

Published 1:47 pm, Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Plainview Lady Bulldogs' Laura Castillo (32) puts up a layup as the Caprock Lady Longhorns' Liz Angong defends during a District 3-4A match-up in the DogHouse.

The Plainview Lady Bulldogs' Laura Castillo (32) puts up a layup as the Caprock Lady Longhorns' Liz Angong defends during a District 3-4A match-up in the DogHouse.

Photo: Ryan Thurman/For The Herald

Lady Dogs Castillo, Wheeler, Davis are honored

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Senior Laura Castillo was named Player of the Year and freshman Karli Wheeler earned Newcomer of the Year award as the Plainview Lady Bulldogs took two of the three honor awards on the All-District 3-4A girls basketball team.

Lady Bulldog junior Bailey Davis was named to the second team.

The team, selected by the district’s headed coaches, was released after No. 5 Canyon lost to No. 4 Mansfield Summit in a thrilling 57-55 quadruple-overtime regional semifinal on Friday. Summit played unranked Clint Horizon, a 53-46 winner over No. 19 Granbury, in the finals on Saturday.

Plainview’s season ended in the area round with a 46-43 loss to then-undefeated El Paso Chapin. No. 6 Chapin then lost to Canyon 44-42 in the regional quarterfinals.

It’s believed to be the fourth time Castillo, an all-state point guard last season, was named all-district. She led Plainview in scoring by averaging 16.1 points a game. She also was first on the team in steals (2.5), assists (1.4), and free-throw percentage (86%) and was first among starters in field-goal percentage (47%) and 3-point shooting percentage (41%). She averaged 2.6 rebounds.

Wheeler was second on the team in scoring at 9.0 ppg. She shot 41 percent from the field and 73 percent from the free-throw line while averaging 1.1 steals, 2.4 rebounds and 0.4 assists.

Davis was third in scoring (6.4) and first in rebounds (6.1) and blocks (0.6). She shot 40 percent from the field.